Deracination and Uprooting the Rose

This moment of Rose and her -- sun soaked seconds dispelling Careful shades, Reticence Til the clouds breathe Warm breaths Against the blue void This of rose – her: Aching caresses of green and brown Within the thaw of days, ice routines running down tree-legs toward a gold-licked floor: this moment of rose and her Veins of water, renewed, bursting Bulging on the straining arms Of dark Earth bronzing in the light, Bracing itself: Overwhelmed, flushed, panting This moment of a rose, of her/of me, of being swept away